Conestoga River
The Conestoga River (Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge Rewwer), also referred to as Conestoga Creek (Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge Grick), is a 61.6-mile-long (99.1 km) tributary of the Susquehanna River flowing through the center of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
| Conestoga River | |
|---|---|
The Conestoga River as seen from the inside of Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge in Lancaster County | |
| Native name | Kanneschtooge Rewwer (Pennsylvania German) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | State Game Lands 52, Lancaster and Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°10′47″N 75°56′32″W |
| • elevation | 800 ft (240 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Susquehanna River, Safe Harbor, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 39°55′31″N 76°23′3″W |
• elevation | 170 ft (52 m) |
| Length | 61.6 miles (99.1 km) |
| Basin size | 491 square miles (1,270 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 670 cubic feet per second (19 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Groff Creek, Mill Creek |
| • right | Muddy Creek, Cocalico Creek, Lititz Run, Little Conestoga Creek |
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